getting sore pads

[ningbo 0]

hello lads i am in the process in getting the bitch fit for the coming season and i am doing push bike work with her but if i do 3-4 miles for 3 days in a row her pads get sore is there any home remedies i can try or is anything that i can get for them thanks

[bird 10,014]

hello lads i am in the process in getting the bitch fit for the coming season and i am doing push bike work with her but if i do 3-4 miles for 3 days in a row her pads get sore is there any home remedies i can try or is anything that i can get for them thanks

 

 

yes cut it down, do 4 m, then rest, 4 m, then rest. thats plenty 8 miles aweek. When the ground been hard+warm, it will draw there feet anyway. Leave of for 2 weeks, start in august as above, then in sep nice+easy lamping. With this dog never did alot of road work, did it in the feild

 

[skycat 6,174]

Too much too soon: the pads need several weeks to harden off. Bathing them in salt water every day will help: racehorses which live near the sea are galloped on the beach: do the same if you live near the sea. Make sure there's plenty of animal fat in her diet, and adequate protein preferably from a fresh meat source.

[inan 841]

Too much too soon: the pads need several weeks to harden off. Bathing them in salt water every day will help: racehorses which live near the sea are galloped on the beach: do the same if you live near the sea. Make sure there's plenty of animal fat in her diet, and adequate protein preferably from a fresh meat source.

On the money ,as usual, Roadwork should be a gradual build up.

Surgical spirits are good to harden up pads ,but too many miles, too soon , wears them thin, before they get a chance to toughen up. Friars Balsam is also a good treatment for sore feet ,but messy if the dog is kept inside.

I used to start Sonny, my old dog, on 2 miles at a slow pace ,gradually building up to 6 miles fairly quickish,so it's completed in around 50 min, he also got an hour and a half daily, free running in fields.

Obviously the more stay in your dog ,the less crucial long distances are, but I found 6 miles a day ,about 5 days a week coupled with galloping in fields enough . Mine don't get roadwork now ,but I might try Rainer, my youngest ,with the bike this season.

Edited July 16, 2010 by inan